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73. A gun dealer. I was just thinking aloud this morning wondering if I should buy a gun. I owned one once

Fri Jan 24, 2025, 12:13 PM

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when I was a police officer (dinosaurs were still on the earth). After I left the force, it sat in a box on the shelf for about 10 years until I finally took it to a licensed gun dealer to be sold. My husband suggested I wait and see what happens. In any case, the crazies on the right seem to think lefties will just sit back and accept their rampaging mobs. Nope. Won't happen.

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